Monthly Archives: August 2013

In an act of violence that took the life of his nephew, Jacob became paralyzed by a bullet to his spine. Once the director of a primary school, Jacob had now remained confined to a hospital bed in Nairobi for eight months…

There are times when precious and vulnerable lives arrive to Living Room whose bodies are so broken that we do not know how best to pray. In such cases, we earnestly yearn for and ask for a miracle, that God would bring healing and that we would see life return to them…

On the Thursday afternoon that Veronicah came to the Living Room, a two-hour car ride provided an opportunity to reflect upon the value and impact of Living Room, as well as a very clear reminder of what would be required to do this work. The answer is most simply to love…

On July 20th, 2011, a 16 year-old girl named Mary was carried through the doors of Kimbilio Hospice. Her story includes unimaginable abuse and neglect. Locked in a home and left to die, Mary was rescued by “Good Samaritans” and through a friend of a friend of a friend, she was brought from over 50 miles away to the refuge of Kimbilio Hospice…

One Monday morning, Catherine came to Kimbilio Hospice in excruciating pain from advanced, untreated breast cancer. She quickly explained that she had not been able to sleep for months, and the smell of the wounds from her chest wall were keeping friends and family at a distance. Her suffering was great…